Tatting tension.



H. L. SAMUELS.

TATTING TENSION.

APPLICATION FILED-JUNE 16. 1915.

1,200,530. Patented Oct. 10,1916.

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port 2 in the form of a disk.

HARRY LEE SAMUELS, OF DES MOINES, IOWA.

TATTING TENSION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 10, 1916.

Application filed June 16, 1915. Serial No. 34,443.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY L. SAMUELs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Tatting Tension, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is adapted to be mounted on the hand of an operator, for the purpose of applying to thread or other material, the proper tension, during the making of tatting or the like.

The invention aims to provide novel means whereby the device may be assembled readily with the hand of an operator, novel means being provided for applying the proper tension and for guiding the thread or other material while the same is being frictionally held.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

WVith the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description pr0- ceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the in- I vention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1 shows one form of the invention in top plan; Fig. 2 is a cross section on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a cross section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

As shown in the drawings, the invention comprises suitable means whereby the device may be assembled with the hand of an operator, and with this end in view, there appears in the drawings a ring 1 adapted to receive the finger of the hand of an operator. Secured to the ring 1 and disposed preferably at right angles thereto is a sup= Superposed on the support 2 is a spring tension strip 3, one end of which is inclined with respect to the support 2, as shown at 11, to define an entering throat 12. v Superposed on the tension strip 3 near one end thereof is an Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

arcuate strip 4 terminated in underlying hook-shaped guides 5 coacting with the support 2 on opposite sides of the tension strip 3, the strip 4 preferably being resilient. By means of a rivet 6 or the like, the strips 3 and 4 are secured to the support 2.

The invention includes a threaded stud 7 extended upwardly through the support 2- and through an opening in the tension strip 3, the stud 7 terminating in a head 8 which engages the under face of the support 2. Surrounding the stud 7 and abutting at one end against the tension strip 3 is a spring 9 the effort of which may be adjusted by means of a nut 10 threaded onto the stud 7. p

In practical operation, the thread 50 or other material which is being handled, is engaged with the hook-shaped guides 5 of the strip 4 and is engaged between the tension strip 3 and the support 2, the function of the entering throat 12 being obvious. The pressure of the tension strip 3 on the thread or other material may be adjusted by manipulating the nut 10.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed is:

In a device of the class described, a finger engaging element; a support carried by the finger engaging element and disposed transversely of the plane defined by the finger engaging element; superposed parts comprising a resilient tension strip coacting with the support, and a member located at one end of the tension strip and embodying arms located upon opposite sides of the tension strip, the arms being provided with thread guiding means; a securing means uniting the strip and the intermediate portion of the arm-carrying mem ber with the support; a stud upstanding from the support and passing through the strip; a spring surrounding the support and bearing on the strip; and stud carried spring adjusting means.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HARRY LEE SAMUELS.

Washington, D. 0. 

